“Obviously he’s not a Swindon player, he’s a Leeds player so we’ve had discussions with Leeds and at the moment it is proving hard to do.

“Nicky would like to come, we would like to bring him here on loan but we can’t be disrespectful to Leeds, he is their player and they will let him come to us if they feel it is the right deal for them.”

Should Leeds United let Nicky Ajose leave?

if Ajose is desperate to leave Leeds and join Swindon, then it is best for the Championship outfit that they let him leave.

There is no point in keeping hold of a player who does not want to remain at the club.

Moreover, Leeds head coach Uwe Rosler has given no indication yet that he considers the 23-year-old as part of his plans for this season.

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.